Walwhalleya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Poaceae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Genus: | Walwhalleya Wills & J.J.Bruhl |
Synonyms | |
Whalleya Wills & J.J.Bruhl |
It is native to the states of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria in Australia.[1]
As accepted by Kew:[1]
The genus name of Walwhalleya is in honour of Ralph Derwyn Broughton Whalley (b. 1933), an Australian botanist and specialist in grasses.[3] [4] It was first described and published in Austral. Syst. Bot. Vol.19 on page 327 in 2006.[1]
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